... The new synagogue serves a local Jewish community of nearly 1,000 people strong... it's is an imposing structure from the outside an abstract, modernist creation... the shape of the building is based on the Hebrew word for blessing and is curved around a public courtyard... the building site is the location of a previous synagogue... this one was damaged during Kristallnacht in 1938 and then destroyed in 1942 by bombings during World War II... there is a plaque commemorating its location... Mainz is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in Europe... during the Middle Ages, it was a centre of Jewish learning and religious life... with nice stamp and great special first day postmarkđ... Thanks Dustin!【ă】
The New Synagogue of Mainz is in use since 2010 and designed by the Cologne architect Manuel Herz. The prayer sanctuary of the New Synagogue offers approximately 450 places which corresponds to five times the previous prayer capacity.
The interior walls of the synagogue are covered in densely packed Hebrew letters, in some areas arranged into poetry by 10th century rabbis.
The synagogue contains a festival room, Mikveh, kosher kitchen, club room, kindergarten, classroom, social service, community office, library, meeting room and apartments.
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(Issued 04-08-2022)
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